Senior Supply Planner

SUMMARY OF POSITION : The Sr. Supply Planner is responsible for leading the demand fulfillment and inventory planning efforts for Industrial Parts Depot, LLC. (IPD), a heavy engine aftermarket parts distribution company. The individual in this role will balance service levels, inventory and supply chain efficiency. Responsibilities include understanding customer requirements, planning and executing sourcing to these requirements, working with suppliers to coordinate the delivery of required inventory, managing suppliers to ensure material flow is delivered per schedule, taking inventory and lead times into account, and seeking ongoing process efficiencies. This position is responsible for achieving objectives while exhibiting Storm Industries Core Values in a very dynamic environment with Constantly changing market Situation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Regular Functions include :

• Creates and executes a master SKU-level supply plan based on current demand forecasts.
• Sets appropriate inventory targets (safety stock) based on demand variability and lead times.
• Schedules purchases per plan, to meet schedules and ensures purchase orders are received in a timely manner.
• Follows up, adjusts, and monitors the supply plan, to support the annual operating plan, ensuring supply plan is executed and sufficient components are available.
• Leads the development of capacity planning to identify constraints, mitigate bottlenecks, and improve cost efficiency through better resource utilization.
• Works cross functionally with Sales, Supply Base, Quality and Engineering to understand internal and customer requirements and to communicate progress to the supply plan.
• Analyzes root causes of planning issues and takes corrective actions for improvement.Seeks opportunities to realize efficiencies within the supply planning process.
• Develops supply plan summaries including inventory and production data, to be reviewed by SIOP team on monthly basis. Leads meetings to share information.
• Provides timely order status & customer quote analysis to Customer Service, Sales and Shipping teams through daily reports, verbally or through reporting system in place.
• Anticipates possible obstacles in meeting customer orders. Follows up and implements countermeasures as needed prior to it becoming a problem.
• Reviews and expedites shortages, with follow up as required, under area of responsibility.
• Reviews and delays or cancels existing purchase orders as needed.
• Ensures SIOP metrics are met, including On Time Delivery, Inventory Turns, Supplier Quality, and seeks to improve these metrics.
• Analyzes inventory levels across different sites and creates a plan to balance / reshuffle to optimize coverage and service level.
• Provides structured reporting system for inventory shorts with extensive root cause analysis
• Obtains and incorporates feedback on performance to plan.
• Other duties as required.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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